U.S. Military Denies Reports It Bombed Mosque in Syria

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Late last month, Russian aircraft mistakenly bombed Syrian Arab fighters who were being trained by the United States.
The American military statement came as Syria activists asserted that a mosque had been bombed and that scores of innocent civilians had been killed and wounded.
A spokesman for the United States Central Command said the American aircraft had struck a nearby building, but did not hit the mosque.
WASHINGTON ? The United States military said that it had carried out an airstrike against a meeting of Qaeda militants on Thursday in Syria and that a number of the extremists had been killed.
?We did not target any mosques,? said Col.
John J.
Thomas, a spokesman for the United States Central Command, which has responsibility for American military missions in the Middle East.